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Patent EP-0659866-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INOUE KAZUO
IPC: G02F1/1339
Filed: 1994-12-23
Abstract: A liquid-crystal panel comprises a pair of transparent glass substrates each being provided with an electrode. Between the glass substrates are disposed spacers for defining a space and a mixture of droplets of a liquid crystal having a mean diameter of 3.0 µm or less and of a photo-curing polymer. The edge portions of the glass substrates are sealed with a seal polymer. In curing the photo-curing polymer during the process of manufacturing the liquid-crystal panel, the dose of an ultraviolet ray is set to 500 mJ/cm² or more so as to reduce the diameters of the droplets of the liquid crystal, thereby preventing light leakage in the state without a voltage applied and improving the contrast. If the spacers are colored, the effect of preventing light leakage is increased. If the spacers are subjected to a surface treatment for rejecting the liquid crystal or composed of a polymer material of the same type as that of the photo-curing polymer, variations in diameter of the droplets of the liquid crystal can be prevented. With the structure, it becomes possible to provide a liquid-crystal panel in which light leakage in the black mode is reduced and which presents uniform and high-contrast display of images.
Patent EP-0609065-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RAZAQ MOHAMMED
IPC: G01N27/42
Filed: 1994-01-26
Abstract: An improved perfluorinated, ion-exchange polymer, either in the form of a membrane or a thin film useful as the electrolyte in chemical sensors. The polymer is treated with an acid, such as boric acid or a mixture of boric acid and phosphoric acid, to maintain the ionic conductivity of the polymer to approximately 180 degrees Centigrade. The improved polymer electrolyte is utilized to sense moisture by a two electrode structure with the electrodes arranged in interdigital fashion and the electrolyte film cast over the electrodes. The electrolyte is included in a 3 electrode sensor for sensing various types of gases.
Patent EP-0618525-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VILETTO GIACOMO
IPC: G06F1/26
Filed: 1994-03-10
Abstract: A computer 31 comprises a keyboard 28, and a base 22 with a housing 201 for accommodating either a floppy disk drive 52 or part of an external power supply 75 which can be connected to the mains. When the power supply 75 is fitted in the housing 201, a sensor 205 prepares a reduced output power state. The keyboard is mobile, and there is a hard disk drive 49 which can be removed by raising the keyboard from its operating position.
Patent EP-0616791-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OZAKI TAKEO C O HAMAMATSU PHOT
IPC: A61B5/026
Filed: 1994-03-28
Abstract: A diagnostic device is able to perform measurements on blood flow using physiological salt solution, which is harmless to living objects, as a tracer. The device is arranged to irradiate the head portion (4) of a subject alternately with laser light 1 and laser light 2, from lasers (3). The light exiting from the head portion (4) is detected and converted to an electric signal by a photomultiplier tube (6). By performing a first calculation on this electric signal, a CPU (1) outputs a signal representing the change in concentration of hemoglobin in the head (4). Further, a second calculation process is performed on the electric signal which represents changes in concentration of hemoglobin generated by injection of the physiological salt solution. At least one of the blood flow, the absolute concentration of oxyhemoglobin or deoxyhemoglobin is displayed. Because a material safe to living objects is used as the tracer, measurement of the blood flow can be safely and repeatedly performed.
Patent EP-0626660-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BERSON WILLIAM
IPC: G09C1/00
Filed: 1994-05-20
Abstract: This application relates to a document authentication concept wherein a transparent tape (34) having encoded text (36) thereon is applied to the document (10). The encoded text (36) printed on the transparent tape (34) is printed with invisible ink so that the message thereon is not visible to the unaided eye. Preferably, the ink is visible in the infrared range. With such a combination, the authentication medium can be applied to a document (10) that has a predetermined format so that the tape (34) can be placed over a portion of the text and the latter will still be readable.
Patent EP-0637892-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OHMI SHINICHIRO
IPC: H04N21/438
Filed: 1994-08-05
Abstract: A transmitting device encodes an animated image by detecting a difference between one image frame and a reference image frame, then transmits the encoded image to a receiving device by a radio line at high efficiency. The transmitting device comprises an image storing unit for storing the reference image frame, an initialization unit for initializing the image storing unit, a difference encoding unit for detecting and encoding the difference, an encoded data storing unit for storing the encoded difference, a transmitting unit for detecting an error detection code in the encoded difference, and transmitting the encoded difference together with transmission information including the error detection code to the receiving device, a receiving unit for receiving reception information from the receiving device which indicates whether the receiving device finds either OK or NG as a result of error detection check which is based on the error detection code, a reproducing unit for reproducing the encoded difference and storing it as one reference frame into the image unit when the reception information indicates OK, and a controlling unit for controlling the difference encoding unit to encode the next image frame when the reception information indicates NO, while controlling the difference encoding unit to encode the next image frame only after the reproducing unit stores a new reference image frame when the received reception information indicates OK.
Patent EP-0653695-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MICHEL ALAN D
IPC: G06F1/00
Filed: 1994-11-02
Abstract: A pay per use system for the prevention of the unauthorized use of computer software. An encryption program encodes original software to produce secured software. The encoding is accomplished by using cryptographic techniques. In order to use the software, a user must call a telephone number to receive the cryptographic keys necessary to decrypt the secured software. Thus, users must pay for each use of the secured software. The system allows software developers to freely distribute the secured software. Copies of the secured software may be freely made, because payment is based on each use of the software not on each copy of the software.
Patent EP-0699656-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BELAND JOHN M
IPC: C07C231/12
Filed: 1995-06-01
Abstract: A process for the direct neutralization of N-acyl sarcosines wherein all raw materials and products are in the liquid state up to the final crystallization of the product. The N-acyl sarcosines are neutralized in a continuous or batch mode with caustic such as aqueous hydroxide at elevated temperatures to produce a molten, free flowing liquid, which can then be crystallized to solid product.
Patent EP-0706243-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KITO MASAHIRO
IPC: H01S5/12
Filed: 1995-09-28
Abstract: In a distributed feedback semiconductor laser includes an InP substrate and a multiple layer structure formed on a main surface of the InP substrate, the multiple layer structure includes at least an active layer for emitting laser light and a periodical structure for distributed feedback of the laser light, and the periodical structure includes a plurality of semiconductor regions each having a triangular cross section in a direction perpendicular to the main surface of the InP substrate and parallel to a cavity length of the distributed feedback semiconductor laser, the triangular cross section projecting toward the InP substrate. Said DFB laser can be index - or gain - coupled by an absorbing grating. 
     Saind DFB laser can be monolithically integrated with a modulator.
Patent EP-0706976-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAZAWA HIDENAO
IPC: C02F11/13
Filed: 1992-10-23
Abstract: Leachate from industrial wastes, and/or waste water containing toxic components which is used in industrial waste processing steps is treated in a closed system by pooling, in an equalizing tank, one or more of (a) treated leachate from a general-purpose-harmful-component-removal equipment which prevents the discharge of toxic heavy metals contained in industrial wastes and their burned ashes; (b) leachate containing toxic heavy metals contained in industrial wastes and their burned ashes without processing the leachate; and (c) wastewater; sending the pooled product from the equalizing tank to a cooling-water receiving tank and sending a given amount of the pooled product from the cooling-water receiving tank to the cooling site of waste gas from a waste incinerator.
Patent EP-0725377-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BENSON STEVEN JOHN
IPC: G07B15/02
Filed: 1995-12-15
Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) tagging system is used to monitor vehicles passing through an area access to one or more vehicle storage area(s). One or more of the vehicles stored in the storage area is equipped with a RF tag which has vehicle ID information about the vehicle stored in a tag memory contained on the tag. The tag communicates with a base station when passing through the area accesses, (entering or leaving). A central and preferably one or more remote computers accesses status information that might include vehicle identification, customer, lot identification, time of day, and vehicle and lot status. The information is used in security or marketing functions. The security function can include a paging system for sending alarms and/or messages to a manager or security personnel. The marketing function can include determining how long or how many times different makes an model of vehicle are chosen by customers for test drives. Additionally, the marketing function will identify past vehicles that were sold at the dealership as an indication of a potential interested buyer.
Patent EP-0664548-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAVERNOR ANDREW WILLIAM
IPC: H01G4/30
Filed: 1995-01-23
Abstract: A method for fabricating a capacitor/electrostrictive device comprising stacking and co-firing a plurality of ceramic composition layers (L₁, L₂...L n ) between metallic electrodes (10), to form a monolithic ceramic block, the ceramic composition layers being selected so that the compositions are compatible for co-firing and also so that their differing, unstable temperature characteristics average out when the layers are connected in parallel within the monolithic ceramic block. The invention also covers a capacitor/electrostrictive device when formed by this method.
Patent EP-0685966-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUGIYAMA KENJI
IPC: H04N5/783
Filed: 1995-05-23
Abstract: High speed image search data are obtained from compression-coded moving image data for each frame/field). The obtained data are divided into ranges based on positions on a picture, and the range is divided based on the amount of codes. The divided data are multiplexed for each position in the picture as data are recorded at different positions on a track and a specific number of different frames are recorded alternately in each track. The multiplexed high speed image search data are recorded at specific positions on a recording medium. The picture ranges of frames are synthesized based on high speed image search data read from the recording medium, to construct a search image in unit of frame. Further, a special reproduction transfer rate is set based on a difference between the moving image data transfer rate and the maximum allowable recording transfer rate. Based on the set transfer rate, the special reproduction image data corresponding to the moving image data can be obtained. A recording format is set based on the special reproduction transfer rate. The moving image data, the special reproduction image data and the recording format are multiplexed in accordance with the set recording format. The multiplexed data train is recorded at specific positions on the recording medium. The format of the moving image data and the special reproduction image data is discriminated from the data train read from the recording medium. Further, any of the moving image data and the special reproduction image data are outputted according to the format. The moving image data and special reproduction image data are recorded on a recording medium as a ratio in code amount of both is changeable, and the special reproduction image data are equally divided into different ranges on one track.
Patent EP-0698742-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ANSCHER JOSEPH
IPC: F16B45/02
Filed: 1995-07-24
Abstract: A swivelling snaphook is provided including a retainer rotatably connected with a hook member. The retainer includes a receptacle, two converging bars joined to opposite sides of the receptacle, and a base bar connecting the ends of the converging bars distal to the receptacle. The receptacle includes an internal wall defining an orifice extending through the receptacle. The internal wall includes three resiliently deformable projection segments extending into the orifice. The hook member includes a hook body and an insertion member for insertion into the orifice of the receptacle.
Patent EP-0706278-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BERKOWITZ GARY MICHAEL
IPC: H04Q11/04
Filed: 1995-09-27
Abstract: An operations facility is provided for administering unsubscribed telephone lines and conserving the use of telephone numbers associated with such lines by associating a plurality of unsubscribed lines with the same telephone number and same switch line termination point. Advantageously, then, a plurality of unsubscribed lines may be inexpensively provisioned with soft dial tone, thereby allowing a potential telephone subscriber to interactively subscribe to and activate telephone service from an unsubscribed line. Moreover, the application of soft dial tone may be used to identify a network access endpoint that is being used by a customer, and thus improve the accuracy of the contents of databases used by the operations facility in the provisioning of telephone service by identifying incorrect data.
Patent EP-0707427-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHEN HOMER H
IPC: H04N7/30
Filed: 1995-10-03
Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and encoder for coding sequences of digital images for transmission or storage. Frames in the sequence are segmented into multiple regions of arbitrary shape each of which has a corresponding motion vector relative to a previous decoded frame. In a preferred embodiment, a hierarchical multi-resolution motion estimation and segmentation technique, which segments the frame into multiple blocks and which assigns a best motion vector to each block is used. Blocks having the same or similar motion vector are then merged to form the arbitrarily-shaped regions. The shape of each region is coded, and a decision is made to code additional image data of each region in one of three modes. In a first inter-frame mode, a motion vector associated with a region is encoded. In a second inter-frame mode, a prediction error for the region is also encoded. In an intra-frame mode, the intensity of each picture element in the region is encoded. A region interior coder with frequency domain region-zeroing and space domain region-enforcing operations is employed for effectively coding the interior image data of the arbitrarily-shaped regions. The region interior coder uses an iterative technique based on the theory of successive projection onto convex sets (POCS) to find the best values for a group of selected transform coefficients. The coded information, including the shape of the region, the choice of the mode, and the motion vector and/or the region's interior image data, may then be transmitted to a decoder where the image can be reconstructed.
Patent EP-0801759-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HELL STEFAN DR
IPC: G02B21/16
Filed: 1995-02-01
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/DE95/00124 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 21, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 21, 1996 PCT Filed Feb. 1, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/21393 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 10, 1995The invention relates to a device for the optical measurement of a point (7) on a sample (8) with high-local resolution, with a light source (1) to emit a beam (16) suitable for exciting an energy state in the sample (8), and a detector (9) to detect the emitted light. The lateral resolution of the device is improved in that there is a stimulation light beam (17) from the exciting light source (1) to generate stimulated emission at the point (7) on the sample (8) excited by the light beam (16), in which the exciting light beam (16) and the stimulation light beam (17) are arranged in such a way that their intensity distributions partly overlap in the focal region.
Patent EP-0730887-A2 (EP)
Title: Golf club sole configuration
Inventor: GILBERT PETER J
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 1996-03-06
Abstract: A golf club or set of golf clubs include a sole having three surfaces: a positive bounce surface, a trailing sole surface and a crescent surface therebetween. The crescent surface has a generally straight front boundary and a curved rear boundary. Moreover, the crescent surface has a bounce angle such that there is a contact point substantially in the center of the rear boundary of the crescent surface.
Patent EP-0733844-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRANDT JOSEF
IPC: F16L37/088
Filed: 1996-03-19
Abstract: The housing (2) has an opening (4) in which the pipe (6) is inserted, and which contains a clamping ring (8) with outer cone (12) working with an inner one (14) in the housing. The latter comprises a base-portion (20), from which an insert-portion (22) incorporating the inner cone is detachable. These portions are joined by a snap-connector. The insert-portion can have a centring ring closed in the peripheral direction and incorporating the inner cone. This fits in a wider part of the base portion and has evenly-spaced spring locking arms (30) engaging via locking lugs (32) with an opening in the base-portion. Each arm can have an actuating portion (40) protruding out of the base-portion. The axial holding force exerted by the snap-connector can be proportional to a force acting in the release direction (16).
Patent EP-0737598-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MINOWA TOSHIMICHI
IPC: B60W10/11
Filed: 1996-04-09
Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that it comprises signal detecting means located before the automatic transmission mechanism for detecting the timing that torque outputted from a torque converter of said automatic transmission at the moment of shifting up changes from clutch before shift to clutch after shift, signal detecting means located after the automatic transmission mechanism for detecting the timing that torque outputted from a torque converter of said automatic transmission at the moment of shifting down changes from clutch before shift to clutch after shift, and means for executing said driving shaft torque control in response to the changes in said both torque signal detecting means. 
     The present invention may detect accurately the moment in which driving shaft torque is most controllable, i.e., the clutch shifting timing so that shocks of gear change may sufficiently be suppressed. Also, as said starting timing of the compensatory control of torque matches with detecting means for detecting clutch shifting, experimental matching for each shift is not required and experimental steps may be eliminated.
Patent EP-0742504-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHLEICHER SIEGFRIED DR-ING
IPC: G05B19/401
Filed: 1996-05-10
Abstract: The safety structured system (S) has two channels (K1,K2) which are independent of each other and have functional modules (F1,F2) for reliable signal processing. The functional modules operate to provide regular cyclic testing of the single channel programme code (C). The code is controlled by one of the functional units (F1) and the processing is started. At the same time the result is fed back to the unit. Both units have watchdog functions (U1,U2) in the form of timer loops. After the timed period the results of both channels are checked by reading the process status (P).
Patent EP-0745467-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAUER HEINZ
IPC: B29C45/64
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: Es wird eine Verdichtungsvorrichtung (V, V', V'') angegeben, welche unter Zuordnung zu wenigstens zwei relativ zueinander beweglichen Werkzeugteilen (10, 11), wie Platten, Aufspannplatten oder dergleichen, eines Werkzeugs (W) betreibbar ist. Die Verdichtungsvorrichtung (V, V', V'') oder die Einheiten derselben umfaßt oder umfassen jeweils wenigstens eine Arbeitskammer (6; 61 bis 64) und wenigstens ein in derselben bewegliches Arbeitselement. In der Arbeitskammer befindet sich ein gasförmiges Medium, welches unter einem beliebigen Ausgangsdruck stehen kann. Beispielsweise während der Schließbewegung der Werkzeugteile (10, 11) des Werkzeugs (W) werden die Arbeitselemente (7) in den Arbeitskammern (6; 61 bis 64) derart bewegt, daß das Volumen in den Arbeitskammern (6; 61 bis 64) verkleinert wird und hierdurch im Zuge der Schließbewegung das gasförmige Medium in der Arbeitskammer (6; 61 bis 64) verdichtet wird. Das so verdichtete, gasförmige Medium kann dann einem Verbraucher (8) mit oder ohne Zwischenspeicherung zugeführt werden. Insbesondere ist eine derartige Verdichtungsvorrichtung (V, V', V'') für eine Spritzgußmaschine bestimmt, bei der in einem Kavitätshohlraum (17) eine Gasdruckbeaufschlagung erfolgen soll. Die Verdichtungsvorrichtung (V, V', V'') kann in das Formwerkzeug (W) insgesamt oder in eines der beiden Formwerkzeugteile (10, 11), wie Platten, Aufspannplatten oder dergleichen, integriert sein oder es kann als Anbaueinrichtung ausgelegt werden und an den entsprechenden Werkzeugformteilen (10, 11) bedarfsabhängig angebracht werden. Gegebenenfalls kann die Verdichtungsvorrichtung (V, V', V'') mehrere Verdichtungsstufen umfassen, wozu die einzelnen Arbeitskammern (6; 61 bis 64) hintereinandergeschaltet werden. Zwischen den Verdichtungsstufen wird gegebenenfalls eine Kühlung vorgenommen. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0747105-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KITAGAWA TOMOHIRO
IPC: B01D39/08
Filed: 1996-06-08
Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma separation filter capable of easily, speedily and safely separating plasma from a small quantity of blood without damaging blood cell components in the blood. The plasma retains the same protein concentration as in the blood. The present invention also provides a method using such a filter and an apparatus comprising such a filter. 
     The filter of the present invention comprises a micro fiber medium formed of micro fibers with an average hydraulic radius of 0.5 µm to 3.0 µm. Such a micro fiber medium is placed in a container having an inlet and an outlet so that a ratio (L/D) of a blood flow passage length (L) to a blood flow passage diameter (D) is 0.15 to 6. The present invention provides such a filter, a plasma separation method using the filter, and a plasma separation apparatus comprising the filter. The present invention can significantly contribute to promote the automation and enhance speediness and safety in clinical tests.
Patent EP-0768725-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMITT DIETMAR DR-ING
IPC: H01P7/10
Filed: 1996-09-12
Abstract: The dielectric resonator has at least one dielectric insert (2) in its resonator housing. The insert(s) is(are) designed, or in the case of a multiple part insert, the parts are arranged wrt. each other, so to form at least two radial slots (3) which are symmetrically arranged wrt. each other. A dielectric insert can consist of at least one one-piece, plate-shaped structure, whereby the slots extend from the casing of the plate towards the centre of the plate. The plate-shaped structure can have an annular outer boundary.
Patent EP-0766149-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAECKER REINER DIPL-ING
IPC: G04C3/14
Filed: 1996-09-27
Abstract: The device provides the position of a pointer driven via gearwheels (1,2,3) using openings (8a,8b,8c,8d,11) in at least one of the gearwheels. The openings are inserted in the path of a reflection light barrier (4,12). One or more reflector elements (12) are attached to a further gearwheel. The light signal provided by the sensor (6) for the light barrier is fed to an evaluation stage for calculating the angular position of the gearwheels and hence the position of the pointer.